▲ 231 ▼ What's an interesting etymology for a common term? (feddit.uk) submitted 3 months ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) How is one language more literal than another? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Think of the language like units in a math problem. “East” (English) is more literally “East” Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same If you make an analogy with temperature: 212°F is more literally “212” than 100C even if they are both the boiling point of water permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Think of the language like units in a math problem. “East” (English) is more literally “East” Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same If you make an analogy with temperature: 212°F is more literally “212” than 100C even if they are both the boiling point of water permalink fedilink source parent